Favorite personal quest?

Mhamza

Just wondering what everyone's favorite personal quest is and why. Some NPCs like Viconia and Haer'dalis had planned ones, I think, but were cut, so I think they're the only two that don't have one. Valygar and Minsc have theirs restored by Unfinished Business, and both are probably my favorites.

Blackraven

I like Anomen's personal quest. The way you handle it really makes an impact on him and how he interacts with the party.

Coutelier

Aerie doesn't really have a personal quest (well, unless you count Kalah as being her personal quest, but you don't really need her to finish any of it). Otherwise, she just gets the letter to direct you to Haer'Dalis. I'm in the process of writing one and modding it into the game. (She did have another quest that was cut from the original, and I think rightly so. It was awful on just about every level).

Otherwise... I quite like Jan's, as it changes him from being just comic relief to a real character, showing him in a new light.

Out of the EE NPC's, I think I'm always torn between Rasaad or Neera as my favorites. Rasaad doesn't have an annoying hippy in his quest, so I'll go with him.

OurQuestIsVain

I always enjoyed Keldorn's quest. I know it is probably boring to most people but I think it was beautifully written. Every time I do it I get so caught up in it. I always start out with the intention of keeping Keldorn since he is a great NPC but by the time his quest is ending and he is asking if he can be with his family to try to be a better husband...how could anybody say no to that?

This is probably another controversial pick but I really enjoyed Yoshimo as well. It may be because I was a kid when I first played it or because I'm just dense but I never saw the betrayal coming. I mean, I did suspect when you first pick him up in the dungeon but after that he proves a helpful companion and I came to trust him.

JLee

Keldorn, Anomen, Yoshimo, and Jan are all good ones. If I don't plan on taking Keldorn along, I always take the time to reunite him with his family. Makes up for all the times I have ruined the poor guy's life.

But if I had to choose one, I would go with Anomen, for the reasons @Blackraven‌ mentioned.

I have never played UB, but I would like to someday.

jackjack

Yoshimo, Anomen, and Jan.

elminster

Dorns. I especially enjoyed writing down Noobers name

JuliusBorisov

All the quests from Neera's BG2EE line are very fun and diverse. I like the fact that each person in the Wild Mages' Camp has his own personality and offers different kind of an odd behavior. They are different and they all feel real.

From the vanilla game, I like Edwin's quest the most. When you see what happens during it for the first time... it's priceless! And I like how everyone in the party comments on the quest. The dialogue with Silvanus from the Copper Coronet is SO fun.

scriver

@Coutelier‌ -

Coutelier said:

(She did have another quest that was cut from the original, and I think rightly so. It was awful on just about every level).

You have no idea how hard it was for me to resist responding with "Just like Aerie, EH" to that, but I think it would probably count as trolling in your company :P

Anyway, what was her quest supposed to be?

Musigny

Imoen : She is the main driving element in SoA.
Minsc : The Kidnapping of Boo by Cliffette. A funny roleplaying piece that does not necessarily result in a hack'n slash session.

Coutelier

scriver said:

@Coutelier‌ -

Coutelier said:

(She did have another quest that was cut from the original, and I think rightly so. It was awful on just about every level).

You have no idea how hard it was for me to resist responding with "Just like Aerie, EH" to that, but I think it would probably count as trolling in your company :P

Anyway, what was her quest supposed to be?

Aerie's great... except when she has lazy writers who think turning her into a bird will do in place of actually developing anything else about her character. That's what they were going to do - turn her into a bird.

Mhamza

@Coutelier‌ I thought there was gonna be a choice between turning into a bird or not, and that choosing not to would make her more mature and less whiny and needy.

Coutelier

Mhamza said:

@Coutelier‌ I thought there was gonna be a choice between turning into a bird or not, and that choosing not to would make her more mature and less whiny and needy.

I don't think she was really that whiny or needy to begin with... except when you romance her. But she was supposed to have a scene where you choose whether to let her turn into a bird (which, why would she even want anyway? It lets her fly, but doesn't actually solve many of the deeper issues she has or help her do any of the other things she wants. It's just dumb.) Not doing so would have made her tougher, somehow, and she would have made some speech, a cut down version of which was used for when she dumps Haer'Dalis. But there are are much better ways for her to grow as a character, such as having her confront her past and the people who abused her allowing us to see her grow as a hero and adventurer and finding her own identity.

Anyway, I suppose I shouldn't derail this. I like Aerie as a character... more than any other NPC, she's the newbie who is there learning from everyone and trying to figure out the world and her place in it. It's nice for my old BG1 characters to feel like the wiser, older one for a change. There are lots of things about her that could be much better written. But I've talked about all that lots and lots of times before.

Itstucktwice

I've always been a fan of Nalia's - not just the Keep section of it, but the later parts with Isaea Roenail. I remember being royally pissed the first time she got kidnapped in one of my playthroughs. I was like, "I JUST GOT IMOEN BACK!"

element

its only very short but I actually like

Mazzy vs the ogre it has a lot of charm to it